The RASC Nominating Committee is seeking at least three candidates to run for the Board of Directors. Members of the Society Executive (President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-President, National Secretary, and Treasurer) will be drawn from the ranks of the new Board; candidates for Board positions should indicate if they wish to serve on the Executive and the position he or she wishes to fill.

Here are the rules for candidate eligibility as set out in the RASC Policy Manual:

Dr. Chris Gainor, the First Vice President of the RASC, will become editor of the prestigious quarterly Quest: the History of Spaceflight starting with issue 23, 2. Quest is the premier refeered periodical publication for the history of all aspects of spaceflight.

Members of the Thunder Bay Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) have officially named a planetary system. They join over a dozen other astronomy groups from around the world who entered the International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) NameExoWorld contest, and had their entry obtain the most votes on-line.